Valid from 06/12/1999
Valid from 01/01/2000
(1)A person subject to immigration control—
(a)is not eligible for accommodation or assistance under the homelessness provisions, and
(b)is to be disregarded in determining for the purposes of those provisions, whether another person—
(i)is homeless or is threatened with homelessness, or
(ii)has a priority need for accommodation,
unless he is of a class specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.
(2)An order under subsection (1) may not be made so as to include in a specified class any person to whom section 115 applies.
(3)“The homelessness provisions” means—
(a)in relation to Scotland, Part II of the M1Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; and
(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, Part II of the M2Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.
(4)“Person subject to immigration control” has the same meaning as in section 118.
Commencement Information
I1S. 119 wholly in force at 1.3.2000; s. 119 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 170(4); s. 119 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2000 by S.I. 1999/3190, art. 2, Sch.; s. 119 in force at 1.3.2000 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 2000/464, art. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations